Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Ritsuo HOSOKAWA
The Democratic Party of Japan
Date of Birth: August 8, 1943
Place of Birth: Kochi Prefecture, Japan
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Education
| 1966.3 | B.D., School of Law, Meiji University |
Career
| 2010. 9 | Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) |
| 2009. 9 | Senior Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Hatoyama Cabinet) |
| 2007. 9 | Minister of Justice, "Next Cabinet", DPJ |
| 2006. 9 | Member, committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, HR |
| 2006. 9 | Permanent Executive in charge of North Kanto, DPJ |
| 2006. 9 | Director, Special Committee on Establishment of Political Ethics and Revision of Public Offices Election Act, HR |
| 2005. 9 | Director, Committee on Budget, HR |
| 2004. 5 | Chairman, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, HR |
| 2003. 1 | Director, Committee on Budget, HR |
| 2002.12 | Permanent Executive in charge of Hoku-shinetsu, North Kanto, DPJ |
| 2002. 9 | Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ |
| 1999.10 | Chairman, Committee on Environment, HR |
| 1999. 9 | Permanent Executive and the Head of the Financial Bureau, The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) |
| 1990. 2 | Elected to member of the House of Representatives (HR) (Elected 7 times) |
| 1981 | Set up Koshigaya General Law Firm |
| 1974. 4 | Practice at the bar |
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